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Re: Residential Square

Originally Posted by emsr2d2

Please give us a complete sentence to consider.

Note my changes above.

The London residential square was first developed in the seventeenth century as commercial speculation by aristocratic landlords who had obtained tracts of land from the church via Henry VIII a century earlier.

Covent Garden was originally a residential square begun in the 1630s.

Thank you for correcting.

Last edited by emsr2d2; 29-Nov-2016 at 20:53.
Reason: Fixed formatting so text goes all the way across the text box

Re: Residential Square

You can read about squares here. A residential square would be one surrounded by homes or residences, designed originally as a garden or park. Many were originally private.

The counterpart would be a public square or a town square, which is more likely be surrounded by commercial or government buildings, and designed more as a public meeting place than a park - places where people would gather to listen to proclamations, attend demonstrations, or participate in other civic activities.